Becca, you should know better by now than to let the lobsters near you when your hair is a bit overgrown. You know they just cannot resist - don't you remember the Lobster Incident of Kansas City? Thousands of women overtaken by lobsters just out of some subrate beauty school. Bangs everywhere and uneven layers abounding. But, you can use your lobster friend as a model for your hair color if you so desire - I hear it is all the rage in Milan.
Judi - I don't know what to say. I am so sorry for you and your family, and I pray for your strength and faith daily. Is it an option for you all to get a nurse assistant for a few hours a week, if only for a respite? I think you are going to get comfort from the fact that you took such good, loving care of your mom but I think for you to get to that point you are going to need some help. I agree with Tricia, I wish it could be me.
Bonnie - with your limited work schedule, I have decided that you should take up the fabulous hobby of underwater basket weaving. You could weave a fabulous, smallish type basket for Angie to attach to her belt and fill with tissues for spot doggy drool clean up. Your efforts might even save her from a broken leg someday, so get on the stick and off your patoot.
Angie - I hear you on the doggy drool! I almost killed myself today sliding across the kitchen floor on Linus drool. Luckily, I was able to right myself by grabbing onto the refrigerator door. Of course, it opened and to revive myself I felt it necessary to consume some chocolate pudding. The next dog I get will have to go through a 12 Point Neatness Inspection.
Heather - Now I know what you were doing when you were missing from the boards a few weeks ago! You went to mooning classes, didn't you? C'mon, fess up. We're all friends here.
Tricia - what chicken dish did you make for the kids? I am always looking for a new thing to do with the chicken. Must have 8 ingredients or less, be able to be completed in 45 minutes or less, or able to be adapted to the camp stove that I surely will have to install in the back of my van for meal preparation once school starts. Seriously, they have those plug things in the back of the van - what else are we supposed to do with them?
Julie - have you gone MIA? Have you succumbed to a coma-like state from Atlas's early awakenings?
I'm going to pretend that the "have you ever traveled out of the country is a QOTD and answer it. I have been to the Caribbean and Canada for 2-3 days at a time and before I was married I went to the Gaza Strip. Sounds exciting, but it wasn't - I was on a trip with Operation Smile, doing 15-20 surgeries over 3 days for burned kids. Never got to see a bit of the countryside, but it was still a really cool trip because I was surrounded by great friends. I would love to see New Zealand, Australia, Italy and Greece and someday I will, if I have to travel by hot air balloon or pachyderm.
Heavens to Betsy, look at the time! I have to scoot - see ya'll tomorrow!
He drops his pants and wiggles his bare bottom around. It is EXTREMELY hard not to laugh, but I don't want to encourage him.
Since I can't get a doctor to return phone calls.
Anyway, Just thought I would share.
It was hard to keep busy but I managed! Today is moonbounce day so I had to supervise the installation of the moonbounce (and try it out! 
Wouldn't you know Joey sat through it almost all the way to the stinkin end!
